From my last article, you would have known that I do enjoy reading manga and watching anime. But what you don’t know is which one I actually prefer. Anime? Or Manga?
Anime is probably short for animation, it is basically Japanese cartoon. But usually very well made with a solid story line that can appeal to almost everyone, not just for kids but adults like me too. The story usually runs deep and can be like a TV drama, or complex like hell like my favourite Taiwanese soap opera with thousands of episodes. Lol!
Manga is like a graphic novel, only that it has got a very distinctive style. Usually not coloured, but drawn black and white with a heavy play with lines to give a sense of motion and perspective. It's amazing how they can invoke our imagination by just boxes on a piece of paper, with just black ink, lines and dots. I look at a scene, and immediately I am immersed in the manga.
If you ask me, which one I prefer I can tell you in a second that I prefer manga. Why? Because Anime takes too much of my time. You might not agree with me but watching anime feels like watching Korean dramas. I have to sit infront of a screen and spend around 30-45 minutes to watch just one episode. This is easy on the brain because it feeds me moving pictures with sound and special effects but I just don’t have the patience and time to sit through a season of maybe 25 to 30 episodes.
So now you know my stand.
As for Manga? It is fulfilling. I can read through a book which may be say 5 episodes in 30minutes. (or even lesser!) Definitely more efficient and exercise my brain cells more. :P
Nowadays popular mangas will be made into anime and anime will be made into mangas. I have the choice to read or watch either one. But to me manga still wins in efficiency and story because anime are shortened and usually many interesting parts are being cut off.
It is also easier for me to read mangas because I can read on the go but this is a bad thing too because I will read until 3-4am before I go to sleep. When I’m in the manga world, whatever Simon says will fall onto deaf ears because I will be totally absorbed in the story. I can forget about time and everything that I need to do.
Maybe that’s why I never read now. well..
So what do you guys think? Animes or mangas?
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